Best budget bluetooth home cinema system
Discussion
Candellara said:
As title, we currently have an ok Panasonic soundbar & subwoofer but it's far from any surround sound experience.
Any recommendations for systems under £500 that have bluetooth speakers (certainly rear)
It doesn't exist as far as I am aware. Assume you suggest Bluetooth as you want wireless speakers? Unfortunately, Bluetooth protocol hasn't grasped sending wireless electricity just yet;) Wireless speakers are a misnomer ... Any recommendations for systems under £500 that have bluetooth speakers (certainly rear)
You're much better off spending your money on better front channels/sub than increasing the number of channels hoping that the experience will improve (it won't).
JEA1K said:
It doesn't exist as far as I am aware. Assume you suggest Bluetooth as you want wireless speakers? Unfortunately, Bluetooth protocol hasn't grasped sending wireless electricity just yet;) Wireless speakers are a misnomer ...
You're much better off spending your money on better front channels/sub than increasing the number of channels hoping that the experience will improve (it won't).
Thanks. Doing some more research at the moment. Didn't realise it was all so complex so need to change my thinking on this. You're much better off spending your money on better front channels/sub than increasing the number of channels hoping that the experience will improve (it won't).
Candellara said:
With the above in mind, i'm now thinking buy a second hand amp - Denon / Yamaha or similar and a decent set of 5.1 speakers? I see that all can be had on Ebay for relatively bargain prices.
Definitely a better option. Again, don't get too hung up on the rear channels if you cannot get cables to easily enough. AVR wise, yes Denon, Yamaha (I would avoid the budget Onkyo's) and perhaps a used speaker set up from B&W, Kef, Monitor audio.
You will need to juggle remotes unless you can get CEC to work. In theory, you could connect the following:
Sky - HDMI - TV
TV - Optical - AVR
If the CEC works, you could potentially control the TV on off, Sky Box and AVR volume from a Sky remote. You may need to turn your AVR on via the AVR remote.
Worse case scenario is TV remote, Sky remote, AVR remote.
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